| ACETUM | • acetum n. (Obsolete) Vinegar, sometimes medicated. • ACETUM n. (Latin) vinegar. |
| ADYTUM | • adytum n. (Ancient Greece, religion) The innermost sanctuary or shrine in a temple, from where oracles were given. • adytum n. (By extension) A private chamber; a sanctum. • ADYTUM n. (Latin) the inner sanctuary of a temple. |
| CENTUM | • centum adj. (Indo-European studies) Referring to an Indo-European language that did not produce sibilants from a… • centum n. (Sanskrit and other Indian philology) Satakam, set of one hundred verses connected by the same metre or topic. • centum n. (India) Perfect score on a board exam. |
| DICTUM | • dictum n. An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm. • dictum n. A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are… • dictum n. The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it. |
| FACTUM | • factum n. (Law) Somebody’s own act and deed. • factum n. (Mathematics, obsolete) A product (result of multiplying two numbers). • FACTUM n. (Latin) a man's own act and deed. |
| MENTUM | • mentum n. (Anatomy) The chin. • mentum n. (Malacology) A chin-like projection below the mouth of certain mollusks. • mentum n. (Entomology) The central part of the labium in insects. |
| MULTUM | • multum n. An extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers in order to economize malt and hops. • MULTUM n. (Latin) an extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers in order to economize malt and hops. |
| PACTUM | • PACTUM n. (Latin) a pact. |
| QUOTUM | • quotum n. A part or proportion; a fraction; quota. • QUOTUM n. (Latin) a share, also QUOTA. |
| RECTUM | • rectum n. (Anatomy) The terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass after exiting the colon… • RECTUM n. (Latin) the terminal portion of the large intestine. |
| SCHTUM | • schtum adj. Alternative form of shtum. • SCHTUM adj. (Yiddish) silent, dumb, quiet, also SCHTOOM, SHTOOM, SHTUM, SHTUMM, STUMM. |
| SCUTUM | • scutum n. (Historical, Roman antiquity) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with… • scutum n. (Zoology) A scute. • scutum n. (Zoology) A shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick (cf. alloscutum, conscutum). |
| SEPTUM | • septum n. (Biology) A wall separating two cavities; a partition. • septum n. (Colloquial) Ellipsis of septum ring. or septum piercing. • SEPTUM n. (Latin) a dividing membrane or partition. |
| SPUTUM | • sputum n. (Physiology) Matter coughed up and expectorated from the mouth, composed of saliva and discharges from… • SPUTUM n. (Latin) thick mucus coughed up from the respiratory tract esp in certain diseases of the lungs, chest, or throat. |
| TECTUM | • tectum n. (Neuroanatomy) The dorsal portion of the midbrain of vertebrates; in mammals, containing the superior… • tectum n. The interconnected outer surface of a spore. • TECTUM n. (Latin) a rooflike body structure, esp. the dorsal part of the midbrain. |